SEOUL – The news that novelist Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature came as a wonderful surprise to the Korean people. We feel it’s been a long time coming: Whereas Japan already has ...

KUALA LUMPUR – “HE was in drag?” I asked a Datuk friend of mine who attended Singaporean stand-up comedian Kumar’s show in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night. My friend sent me a photograph of Kumarason ...

MANILA – The Philippines and the United States held an amphibious assault exercise in Aborlan, Palawan near the West Philippine Sea on Wednesday. In a statement on Thursday, the Philippine Marine ...

These virtual assistants can in effect think for themselves and work on their own, putting them well ahead of regular AI agents such as chatbots, which often need a person to tell them what to do at ...

MANILA – Not long ago, the ultimate turncoat in modern Philippine politics slyly boasted of the so-called “Duterte magic.” His characteristically sycophant intervention came shortly after his patron, ...

BEIJING – The Taihang Mountains are steeped in cultural heritage and have been the birthplace of numerous heroes. It spans across Beijing, Hebei province, Shanxi province, and Henan province. During ...

MANILA – Former President Rodrigo Duterte will be called into a separate drug war probe that his allies in the Senate plan to initiate during the session break. The investigation will be conducted by ...

JAKARTA – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman and the youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Kaesang Pangarep, announced the birth of his first child, a daughter, on Tuesday. Kaesang ...

BANGKOK – He is among the 18 iCon Group executives facing the charge of scamming people and disseminating false information via a computer system. Of the detainees, the CEO and 11 executives were ...

KATHMANDU – For 21-year-old Aisha, mental health was not just a buzzword casually tossed into conversation. It was a raw, lived experience, etched deeply into her family’s story. Her father had ...

MANILA – With the explosive revelations coming out of the House of Representatives’ quad committee hearings, who can be charged and for what crimes, so far? There were seven murders that have been ...

DHAKA – In all seriousness, the rising costs of essentials are no laughing matter for the vast majority struggling to make ends meet. For the lower-income groups, the situation is even grimmer.